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In lugnet.org.us, Matthew Miller writes:
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> To re-iterate yet again: it is important to us to be a group of adult Lego
> fans -- that what makes it fun to us. (Lego would be fun no matter what, of
> course. But it is part of the _particular_ fun of this group. [1] ) Exactly
> what makes an adult is a difficult question (and as I also mentioned
> earlier, we considered 21) and we decided on 18 as a natural limit given the
> legal implications.
I disagree with the first statement there -- I think everyone (myself included)
is getting tripped up over the word "adult." Do you really mean to say that
it is important to us (NELUG) to be a group of 18-and-older LEGO fans? I think
what's important to us (NELUG) is to be a group of "adult-acting" LEGO fans.
What is "adult-acting"? By that I mean acting like an adult and not like a
child or mid-range teenager (19-year-old's are adults but still technically
teenagers).
Who cares is someone is 16 if they act mature enough to be twice that age?
I thought the group was about sharing ideas and experiences from an adult
viewpoint -- and that really has more to do with a state of mind than a
physical age.
I agree it's hard (nay, impossible) to define what "adult" means if it doesn't
simply mean "18 or older," but I submit that the average LEGO fan in the age
range 16-18 is more adult than the average non-LEGO fan in the same age range.
--Todd
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| (...) That's definitely important. But it actually _is_ important to some members (not unshakeably strongly for me, but maybe for some people, and I think it's a completely valid viewpointpoint) that it be an _adult_ group. After all, this is a (...) (24 years ago, 4-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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| (...) You could. But 18 is the age where, in the United States, you are legally responsible for yourself. (The age of majority.) Many members of NELUG are concerned about the possible legal implications of accepting minors into our group. You mocked (...) (24 years ago, 4-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us, lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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